Tensions in the European Balkans are soaring again over the goal celebrations of two Swiss attackers during the match Switzerland – Serbia.

Swiss star strikers Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri both scored for Switzerland who beat Serbia 2-1 after a dramatic comeback.

However, Xhaka and Shaqiri, who are both of Albanian descent, made a ‘double eagle’ gesture, referring to the double headed eagle on the Albanian flag and to the Yugoslav war of the 1990s when Serbians drove out their families from their homeland and made them flee to Switzerland.

Young Xhaka and Shaqiri saw their respective fathers imprisoned in Serbia whilst both young men developed into fine footballers over in safe Switzerland. They never forgot their heritage apparently and matchday was some sort of payback as they repeated the gesture in front of Serbian supporters after the final whistle again.

The Serbs called the gestures politically motivated and have asked FIFA to investigate. Football’s governing body released a statement today, claiming that they would consider slapping a two-match ban on the Swiss attacking duo, before adding: "In relation to the same match, disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the Serbian FA for crowd disturbance and the display of political and offensive messages by Serbian fans.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup match between Serbia&amp;Switzerland, Serbian fans wearing hoodies with photos of Ratko Mladic, a convicted genocidal war criminal.<br><br>This is like if German fans wore shirts with Adolf Hitler and Nazi symbols on it. People would care if that happened. <a href="https://t.co/QzS3W4hf1f">pic.twitter.com/QzS3W4hf1f</a></p>&mdash; Fatih (@1PhDFatih) <a href="https://twitter.com/1PhDFatih/status/1010419727569735680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2018</a></blockquote>